Well, I think Lasseter keeps the quality up high enough to make direct to video work. I wish he would allow some 2D though, if he can keep the quality high on that as well. Can't say I'm psyched about Planes though, since Cars is the one PIXAR franchise I don't care much for. Don't hate it, but it is not as great as I've come to expect from PIXAR. More like what I expect from the competing studios.

I've been saying this for years, but I would love to see the direct to video market used for feature films continuing from the Disney Afternoon shows, and other Disney animated shows. Sorta like DC did for a while with their Timm/Dini Universe, and continues to do outside of that Universe. Marvel has done some good direct to video animated features too. Direct to video doesn't HAVE TO mean crap, and even a fraction of the Disney ones were good to excellent, and a lot of the bad ones showed glimmers of "This could have been great". So, yeah, I'd like to see them do some (hand-drawn) Darkwing Duck, Gummi Bears, Gargoyles, and TaleSpin direct to video movies, among other stuff. They could even do more Kim Possible, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and others...

It also would have been the right place for a Country Bears movie. One truer to the park attraction. The one they made sucked so bad!

I've been saying this for years, but I would love to see the direct to video market used for feature films continuing from the Disney Afternoon shows, and other Disney animated shows. Sorta like DC did for a while with their Timm/Dini Universe, and continues to do outside of that Universe. Marvel has done some good direct to video animated features too. Direct to video doesn't HAVE TO mean crap, and even a fraction of the Disney ones were good to excellent, and a lot of the bad ones showed glimmers of "This could have been great". So, yeah, I'd like to see them do some (hand-drawn) Darkwing Duck, Gummi Bears, Gargoyles, and TaleSpin direct to video movies, among other stuff. They could even do more Kim Possible, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and others...

I REALLY love your idea. It would be a great way to keep these classic characters going and generate new interest. It would also make the DTV films more relevant. To be fair, the "Tinker Bell" films haven't been half bad, but on the whole, the entire genre has been looked down on, and for good reason! I bet Disney Afternoon films would do well.

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Yep! I 100% agree Disney should do that. It would be a great way to re-introduce these characters to the younger generations and would certainly help move units of the shows off the shelves. It's a win-win situation for everyone. We get a (hopefully) great return of these shows we loved from our childhood and Disney makes a tidy profit. They should do something similar with what they did with those comics.

Start with a direct-to-video movie of Darkwing Duck and if that sells well (which I think it would), go on to a Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers movie the following year and then a Tale Spin movie and so on. Maybe after the Disney Afternoon series are done, they can go to the One Saturday Morning shows afterwards and make direct-to-video movies of those.

The only one that doesn't seem likely is Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. Apparently, Lasseter hated the show. Though I personally think it's the best Disney spin-off show based on a feature film.

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Thanks for the support. Yeah, I think it's something that could work. For one thing, with a direct to video movie based on a TV show, there is the potential for the quality to be an improvement over the source material rather than a downgrade, as from a theatrical feature.

And, of course, there are no limits. They can do multiple Darkwing movies, for example, if they find that is a title that does well. And they have a HUGE number of shows already they can do this from, and those can lead to spin offs too. Not to mention the fact that they could do plenty of original direct to video movies for subjects that maybe wouldn't seem bigscreen worthy. They could even finally do a Disney's Gremlins movie, along with other comic-based stuff, and theme park based stuff too (like Country Bears) if it's a subject that probably isn't bigscreen worthy in their eyes. How about a Kingdom Hearts movie series for direct to video? They could even use their precious computer animation for that one, ha. There are a lot of possibilities.

And, yeah, I do love the Tink movies, even though I haven't watched all of them yet (but I do own them all). I like what I've seen and I have a thing for TinkerBell, anyway, ha. In both hand drawn and CGI form.

That's weird about Lasseter not liking the Buzz Lightyear show! It was such a fun, funny, and smart show! Makes me wonder a little about him. He doesn't like that show, and he gives us a cars sequel that is just a popcorn film. Are we certain he was the main brain behind PIXAR? Hmm... Those Toy Story Collection toy replicas aren't as all-out accurate as he makes them out to be either...

Hey, Disney what happened to NO DVD-sequels? I get it's a spin-off, but still...I am not feeling this.

And that's not the only direct-to-video spinoff film to get a series. Look at Tinkerbell.

Yeah, I know. And don't forget.......Air Buddies.

And to the comment about the theatrically-released films, since the spin-off is about the characters, wouldn't they also be sequels since it take place after or before the films? Sorry if that made no sense.

Q: Allegedly, Planes is the first of three 'Planes' films. I've even read solid rumors that DisneyToon Studios could do Boats.

Bob Hilgenberg & Rob Muir: Yes, we heard that they were developing other films in the franchise, Boats and Trains. But, beyond seeing some visual development, we don’t know what, if any, of the films will be put into production. They may wait to see how well Planes performs.

But, certainly I've never heard of a Cars 3 – but would you be surprised? I’m not sure I would. It’s hard to pass up that kind of "free money"! By the way, we love sequels. We’ve always compared them to having a hit TV show. You enjoy seeing the characters in different situations and worlds.

Disney announced yesterday that the first Pixar-derived direct-to-video project, the Cars spinoff Planes, has been pushed back to a Fall 2013 DVD and Blu-ray release. Could this have anything to do with rumors that Mr. Lasseter is pushing for a theatrical release for his spinoff? I don’t know. But work on a sequel is already underway.

Disney announced yesterday that the first Pixar-derived direct-to-video project, the Cars spinoff Planes, has been pushed back to a Fall 2013 DVD and Blu-ray release. Could this have anything to do with rumors that Mr. Lasseter is pushing for a theatrical release for his spinoff? I don’t know. But work on a sequel is already underway.

I don't know if a theatrical release is a good idea. I have the feeling that this has the potential to confuse A LOT of average movie-goers that this is a Pixar film, which is good and bad, I guess. Good if it lives up to the quality, bad if it doesn't. Then again, most average, non-animation fan movie-goers might not even be able to tell the difference between a DreamWorks film and a Pixar film...

I can just hear the complaints now about how Pixar has fallen from grace and that they won't stop doing Cars sequels from people who have no idea what they're talking about.

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